China in Search of a Harmonious Society
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- 2008
Summary
The problems of corruption, social injustice, public unrest, disparity in income and regional development, shortage of energy and resources, unemployment, aging population, inadequate social and economic safety network, pollution, etc., are poised to jeopardize political stability and cast a shadow on the moral foundation of economic reform. How to cope with these new problems is a daunting task facing the Chinese leadership and people in the twenty-first century. The new generation of leadership under Hu Jintao has begun to search for solutions and directions. 'Building a harmonious society' based on a 'scientific view of development' has become a new catch phrase in political and academic discourse in China and a newly adopted program by the Chinese government. It is in this context that this edited volume brings together a group of China scholars to discuss the concept and goal of building a harmonious society. This book will be of interest to professors and students of China studies, as well as policy makers and researchers.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2008
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-2623-3
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-3042-1
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 257
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- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- List of Figures No access
- List of Tables No access
- Contributors No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction China in Search of a Harmonious Society Baogang Guo & Sujian Guo No access Pages 1 - 12
- 1 Building a Harmonious Society and Achieving Individual Harmony Ai Guo Han No access Pages 13 - 34
- 2 Traditional Culture Embodied in Confucianism and China's Search for a Harmonious Society and Peaceful Development Shi Zhongwen No access Pages 35 - 60
- 3 Cultural Construction of a Harmonious Society Qin Zhiyong No access Pages 61 - 74
- 4 China's Harmonious World: Beyond Cultural InterpretationsYu Bin No access Pages 75 - 98
- 5 On the Way to Harmony: Marxism, Confucianism, and Hu Jintao's Hexie Concept Josef Gregory Mahoney No access Pages 99 - 128
- 6 Economic Development, Political Stability, and Social Harmony: Can All Good Things Go Together? Guoli Liu No access Pages 129 - 162
- 7 Modernity, History, and the Negotiation of Chinese Identity: Revisiting the Liberals/New Left Debate Kelvin Chi-kin Cheung No access Pages 163 - 184
- 8 Conflict of Rights and Integration of Order: Real Estate Disputes and Government Management in New Urban Communities Tang Juan No access Pages 185 - 214
- 9 Pension Reforms in China: An Institutional Pursuit of Stability for the Rapidly Aging Teng Fu No access Pages 215 - 228
- 10 Corruption, Impact of Corruption, and Measures to Curtail Corruption in China Yanmin Yu No access Pages 229 - 246
- Index No access Pages 247 - 257





